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A. B. BROMWELL. BLOTTING 'THIMBLB on PAD;

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NTTED STATES PATENT Trice.

BLoTTlNe TH|MBLE ORPAD. 4

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,462, dated November 25, 1884.

Application filed May 31, 1884.

(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALIcE B. BROMWELL, a citizen of the United AStates,residing at Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blotting Thimbles or Pads, ot' which the following is a specilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to blotting-pads.

The object of my invention is toprovide a blotting pad or surface which can be carried on the ringer of the writer, so that when it is necessary to use a blotting-surface it will be ready for use.

y invention consists in making a blotting pad, thiinble, or finger-stall, and adapting it to rit over one of the fingers of the writer, said thimble being made of blotting-paper or other material having ink-absorbing qualities.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of a hand on which an open ended or tubular blotter is used. Fig. 2 is a similar View of a haiidon which a blotting pad or thimble having the end closed is used.

A is the blotting pad or thimble, which is made of unsized paper, paper-pulp, or other material having liquid-absorbing properties.

The blotting pad or tliirnble is adapted to be worn on the thumb or fingers of the writer, and may be in the form of an open-ended tube or the form of `a closed ended thimble or fingerstall.

The blotting-thimble may be lined with oilcloth, or its interior may be coated with shellac or other water-repellent compound, so that in use the ink will not penetrate to soil the nger of the wearer.

to numerous papers, also to book-keepers and entry-clerks. f

I am aware that a blotter has been made in the form of a cuff to be worn on the hand of the Writer, and suc-h I do not claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a blotting thimble or ad made of unsized or blotting paper adapted to be worn on the fingers or thumb of the writer, as set forth.

2. A blotting pad or thimble adapted to be worn on the lingers or thumb, made of unsized or blotting paper, and lined or coated on the inside with a non-absorbent or water-repellent material, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afx mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

ALICE B. BBOMWELL.

Vitnesses:

W. S. GIBsoN, MoRriMER CLARKE. 

